JP3086948U - Labeling device without liner - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Corrected) [PROBLEMS] To provide a sticking device that reliably and easily feeds, transfers, cuts, and sticks a label that does not require a liner in consideration of environmental problems. An endless caterpillar (registered trademark) belt 9 for transporting a linerless label 1 fed by a driving roller, a hammering roller 11 having an acute-angled bulging portion for pressing and hammering the label 1, and a straight line Label 1 fed out
Means 13 that faces the prismatic cutter blade and cuts it into single labels by pressing with a hammer, an air cylinder that operates a hammer arm, and temporarily holds the cut label under negative pressure The sticking rollers 28 and 29 are moved down by the drive of the suction holding unit 21 and the air cylinder 25 which is operated by a work detection signal for detecting the movement of the adherend, and the label is adhered to the adherend.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a linerless labeling device called release paper, separator or backing paper.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In general, the label is back-adhered, held on a liner such as release paper that has been release-treated, wound up in a roll, and supplied to a labeler.The label is then applied to the adherend while peeling off the liner from the liner. Pasted. In this case, the liner after the label has been peeled is disposed of as unnecessary material, but it is required to collect and recycle the liner in consideration of environmental issues. Therefore, attention is paid to labels that do not require a liner. There are the following three types. 1. Thermolabel Heating activates the pressure-sensitive adhesive, which enables it to be attached to an adherend. 2. Cold gray Using a label to which no glue is applied, apply glue (starch or solvent-type adhesive) during label transport and stick it to the adherend. 3. Tape-shaped linerless label

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 Therefore, the present invention provides a liner-less label sticking apparatus that uses a tape-shaped liner-less label that does not require collection and recycling of liners, and that makes feeding, transporting, cutting, and sticking reliable and easy. It is.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Therefore, the present invention is an apparatus for feeding a continuous linerless label from a label reel by a drive roller, and an endless caterpillar belt for transferring the linerless label fed by the drive roller to a cutting position; A curling roller with a sharp bulge that presses the fed label-less label against the belt from the label surface, and a liner that is curled and separated from the caterpillar belt and fed linearly. A cutter means for cutting a label into a unit of label by pressing a rotating hammer arm with a label facing a prismatic blade body, an air cylinder for operating the hammer arm of the cutter means, and a cutter means A suction holding unit that is located in front and temporarily holds the cut label under negative pressure, and a work detection that detects the movement of the adherend Is obtained by composed of a sticking means for sticking to the adherend and the label is Fudo the joining roller adjacent to the suction holding portion by the driving of the air cylinder operated by No..

Further, the present invention has a suction holding surface which is located in front of the cutter means and holds a cut label under a negative pressure, and exhaust air is detected by a work detection signal for detecting movement of an adherend. And a sticking means composed of a stretchable bellows for sticking the label to the adherend by spraying the air.

[0006] Further, a label detection sensor for detecting a label in units of one sheet is provided between the label reel and the driving roller.

[0007]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to examples. Reference numeral 1 denotes a label without a liner on which a label C is continuously printed on a label base material A which is continuous in a tape form by a required label printing B, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive D is applied on the back surface. It is installed on the label reel 2 and pulled out via the guide roller 4.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a drive roller having a knurled groove formed on the surface thereof, and the linerless label 1 is sandwiched between opposing pressing rollers 6. Reference numeral 7 denotes a label mark detection sensor which is located between the guide roller 4 and the drive roller 5, detects the label mark E of the fed label C, and drives the stepping motor 8 according to the detection signal. By detecting the label mark E, the feeding length of the label 1 without the liner is determined. Incidentally, in the case of a label having no label mark E, it can be dealt with by setting the label feeding length in advance.

Reference numeral 9 denotes an endless caterpillar belt for transferring the linerless label 1 to a cutting position, which rotates in synchronization with the drive roller 5 so that the pressure-sensitive adhesive applied surface on the back surface of the linerless label 1 faces the belt 9. The guide roller 10 is fed by the drive roller 5 through the guide roller 10 so as to face. The caterpillar belt 9 is made of silicone rubber to prevent the adhesive from being adhered, and has an outer peripheral surface formed with a continuous caterpillar 9A having irregularities.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an abacus ball-shaped forming roller having an acute-angled bulging portion 11 a provided on the downstream side of the endless caterpillar belt 9, and the bulging portion 11 a is provided with a linerless label 1. By pressing the label from the upper surface to form a linear habit, the label 1 is easily separated from the caterpillar belt 9 and is accurately fed to the cutting position. Reference numeral 12 denotes a pressing roller for pressing the label 1 from above in order to prevent the label 1 without liner fed out on the caterpillar belt 9 from floating.

Reference numeral 13 denotes cutter means for cutting the linerless label 1, which is provided near the downstream side of the caterpillar belt 9. A hammer arm 14 is provided with a hammer 15 protruding at the tip and a rod 17 of an air cylinder 16 pivotally attached to the tip of the arm. The base 14a is pivotally supported by a machine frame 18 and the hammer 15 at the tip is rotatably mounted. Have been.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a cutter blade which is pressed by the hammer 15 at the tip of the hammer arm 14, has a prismatic cross section, and has four sides formed as a blade body 19 a. Reference numeral 20 denotes a support member for the cutter blade 19.

The label 1 without a liner is linearly curled by pressure contact between the caterpillar belt 9 and the curling roller 11, is passed over the cutter blade 19, and is rotated by the air cylinder 16. It is cut by the hammer 15 in a label unit.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a suction holding unit having a label suction standby surface 23 at a lower end of a suction duct 22 provided in proximity to the cutter means 14, and a label C cut by a negative pressure by a fan motor 24. It is once held on the suction standby surface 23. Here, the sticking rollers 28 having different diameters are pivotally supported by the air cylinder 25 driven by the work detection signal of the work sensor 31 for detecting the movement of the adherend W, at the tip of the roller support of the cylinder rod 26. The label C is attached to the adherend W by lowering the roller arm 30 to which the attachment 29 is attached, and pressing the attachment rollers 28 and 29 at the tips by rolling. Reference numeral 32 denotes an adherend conveying path composed of a conveyor.

The positions of the suction holding unit 21 and the attaching rollers 28 and 29 from the cutter blade 19 can be adjusted according to the length of the label.

Next, the operation will be described. The label 1 without a liner is wound up in a tape shape, laid on a label reel 2 with a thrust brake 3, and pulled out to a driving roller 5 via a guide roller 4. At this time, the linerless label 1 is pulled out with the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface on the back face downward.

Furthermore, the label 1 without a liner is guided on an endless caterpillar belt 9 via a separate guide roller 10, and is provided with an abacus ball-shaped forming roller 11 provided opposite to the caterpillar belt 9. The upper surface of the label is pressed against the bulging portion 11a at an acute angle to form a straight line. This prevents the pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the linerless label 1 from adhering to the surface of the track belt 9 and makes it easier to separate from the track belt 9, that is, prevents the label from being wrapped around the belt when the track belt 9 rotates. are doing.

Further, the linerless label 1 is intermittently transported in units of one label by a caterpillar belt 9 which rotates in synchronization with the driving roller 5, and when the leading end thereof is passed over the lower surface of the cutter means 14, a sensor (FIG. (Not shown), the cylinder rod 17 of the air cylinder 16 is moved down, the hammer arm 14 at the tip is rotated, and the cutter blade 19 facing the lower surface with the label 1 interposed is pressed, whereby the label 1 is It is cut into labels C for each unit. After cutting the label, the caterpillar belt 9 and the driving roller 5 are reversed by a certain dimension, and the glue is completely cut.

Next, the label C cut in units of one label is once suction-held by a suction holding section 21 having a label suction holding surface 23 provided in proximity to the cutter means 14, and the movement of the adherend is performed. The cylinder rod 26 of the air cylinder 25, which is driven by the work detection signal detected by the detection, moves down and presses the sticking rollers 28 and 29 at the tips against the adherend to roll, and presses the label surface to securely stick. .

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment in which the label sticking means is a bellows 33. The respective mechanisms for feeding, transferring, and cutting the label 1 without the liner from the label reel 2 are the same as those in the above embodiment. Is the same.

The bellows 33 is formed as a bellows 34 by a rubber molded product, a suction holding surface 35 is provided at a distal end portion, a flexible hose 36 is connected to a base end portion, and a bellows is formed by introducing suction and exhaust air. 34 expands and contracts and is swung by a rotary actuator (not shown). That is, the bellows 33 contracts the bellows 34 by the suction air from the flexible hose 36, sucks and holds the label C on the suction holding surface 35 at the tip, and introduces the exhaust air by the signal of the work detection sensor 31, and the bellows 33. 34 is stretched and attached to the adherend W while holding the label C on the suction holding surface 35. The label C is held on the suction holding surface 35 by a check valve (not shown) in the bellows 33.

In this case, the bellows 33 waits in parallel with the endless caterpillar label 9 in a state in which the label can be adsorbed, and when the linerless label 1 is fed out and cut by the cutter means 13, the bellows 33 is suction-held. The rotating actuator is operated while holding the label C on the surface 35, the bellows 33 is swung at an angle of 30 degrees (the state shown by the dashed line in FIG. 7), and the exhaust air is introduced from the flexible hose 36. The bellows 34 is stretched and the label C 2 is pressed against the adherend W to be attached. The bellows 33 returns to the original standby position by the operation of the rotary actuator after the label has been stuck.

[0023]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, the present invention uses a series of mechanisms for feeding out a tape-shaped label without a liner, transporting the label to a cutting position, and cutting and sticking one label unit, thereby providing a compact and stable label sticking. A dressing device can be provided. In addition, the label is fed by a drive roller having a knurled groove formed on the surface and a straight curling of the label fed by a curling roller facing an endless caterpillar belt that rotates synchronously. The label can be fed accurately and stably.

By using a hammer cutter of a type in which a hammer is pressed against a cutter blade as a cutter means, it is possible to stably cut a label having little adhesive residue on a blade body and a long life.

Furthermore, since the label is stuck to the adherend by lowering the cylinder-driven sticking roller, the label can be reliably stuck to the adherend by rolling of the sticking roller.

In addition, since the label is attached by using a bellows made of an elastic bellows for switching air suction and exhaust, even if the adhered surface of the adherend is not a flat surface, ie, a concave surface or It can handle curved surfaces, soft surfaces, and so on.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an essential part showing an embodiment of a linerless label sticking apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a label without a liner.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a caterpillar belt and a curling roller.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a main part of the cutter means.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the attaching means.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a main part of another embodiment in which the attaching means is a bellows.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 label without liner 5 drive roller 7 label mark detection sensor 9 caterpillar belt 11 curling roller 11a bulging part 13 cutter means 14 hammer arm 15 hammer 16, 25 air cylinder 19 cutter blade 21 suction holding part 23 label suction standby surface 24 fan Motor 28, 29 Sticking roller 33 Bellows 34 Bellows 35 Suction holding surface

Claims (3)

[Utility model registration claims] An apparatus for feeding a continuous linerless label from a label reel by a drive roller, comprising: an endless track belt for transferring the linerless label fed by the drive roller to a cutting position; A curling roller having a sharp bulge that opposes and dispenses the fed linerless label from the label surface and a curling roller that is straightened and linearly fed away from the caterpillar belt. Cutter means which faces on a columnar blade body and cuts into single labels by pressing a rotating hammer arm, an air cylinder which operates the hammer arm of the cutter means, and a position in front of the cutter means. Then, a suction holding unit that temporarily holds the cut label under negative pressure and a work detection signal that detects the movement of the adherend are used. A sticking means for sticking a label to an adherend by lowering a sticking roller close to the suction holding unit by driving an air cylinder to be operated, and applying a label to an adherend. 2. An endless caterpillar belt for feeding a continuous linerless label from a label reel by a driving roller, wherein the endless caterpillar belt transports the linerless label fed by the driving roller to a cutting position. A hammering roller having an acute bulging portion for pressing and pressing the dispensed non-liner-less label from the label surface, and a linear-liner-less label which is curled and separated from the caterpillar belt and linearly fed. It faces on the prismatic blade and pushes the rotating hammer arm.
Cutter means for cutting into labels per sheet, an air cylinder for operating a hammer arm of the cutter means, and a suction holding surface which is located in front of the cutter means and temporarily holds the cut label under negative pressure, An apparatus for attaching a label without a liner, comprising: an adhering means constituted by an elastic bellows for blowing exhaust air based on a work detection signal for detecting movement of an adherend and adhering the label to the adherend. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a label detection sensor for detecting a single label is provided between the label reel and the drive roller.